Queen Henry Viii s Second Wife - 1825 Words

Elizabeth I was born on Sunday, September 7, 1533; her father was King Henry VIII of England and her mother was the very infamous Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife (Starkey 1). King Henry VIII was disappointed with Elizabeth’s gender, he was hoping for son and not another daughter and Henry’s astrologers and doctors predicted that Anne Boleyn would give birth a son (Starkey 4). Boleyn was executed for being a whore when Elizabeth was only 2-3 years old (Starkey 22). Despite this trauma, Elizabeth seems to have covered up memories of late mother and her main objective was to please her father and gain back her title. When Elizabeth was stripped of royal title, she sent to a different estate to live with her governess, Lady Bryan because†¦show more content†¦But then as the years went on, Mary I started to like Elizabeth and they would even exchange gifts and do favors for each other’s servants (Starkey 25). Mary I was a devout Catholic while El izabeth I and Edward VI (son of Jane Seymour) were Protestant. Elizabeth I and Edward VI got along much better. She would help Edward VI with his studying especially with learning different dialects. Elizabeth I helped him with studies and her education thrived with the help of Edward’s tutors. Elizabeth I had a total of four stepmothers. Jane Seymour was the first and probably King Henry VIII’s favorite due to her pious and kind spirit and the fact that she produced the son that he craved. But unfortunately, Jane Seymour died during childbirth and this was devastating news to not only to King Henry VIII but to the rest of the English court as well. After months of grieving Elizabeth’s father remarried to Anne of Cleves but her marriage to King Henry VIII was cancelled in less than a year. Even though numerous films and TV shows have depicted Anne of Cleves and Lady Elizabeth I as good friends, there is not one record of the Lady Elizabeth I actually meeting Anne of Cleves, let alone having a relationship with her (Starkey 28). Then came Catherine Howard, the youngest of King Henry VIII’s six wives. Catherine would often give little trinkets to Elizabeth I like beads and necklaces to the young lady (Starkey 28). The first three stepmothers didn’t